Critics Vote on the Best Movies of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival

By Eric Kohn

33 critics voted on the best films at this year's festival, and the results single out a range of different movies.

Best Film:
1. Madeline’s Madeline
2. Sorry to Bother You
3. Eighth Grade
4. Hereditary
5. The Tale

Best Director:
1. Leave No Trace
2. Sorry to Bother You
3. Madeline’s Madeline
4. Wildlife
5. The Tale, Hereditary, Mandy (tie)

Best Documentary:
1. Three Identical Strangers
2. Bisbee ’17
3. Won’t You Be My Neighbor
4. The Last Race
5. Minding the Gap

Best First Feature:
1. Eighth Grade
2. Wildlife
3. Hereditary
4. Sorry to Bother You
5. Night Comes On, Search (tie)

Best Screenplay:
1. Eighth Grade
2. Private Life
3. The Tale
4. Wildlife, A Kid Like Jake (tie)

Foreign Film:
1. Pity
2. Holiday
3. The Guilty
4. Yardie
5. And Breathe Normally